IAM Architect

Datavant is a data logistics company for healthcare whose products and solutions enable organizations to move and connect data securely. We are a data logistics company for healthcare whose products and solutions enable organizations to move and connect data securely. Datavant has a network of networks consisting of thousands of organizations, more than 70,000 hospitals and clinics, 70% of the 100 largest health systems, and an ecosystem of 500+ real-world data partners.

By joining Datavant today, you’re stepping onto a highly collaborative, remote-first team that is passionate about creating transformative change in healthcare. We hire for three traits: we want people who are smart, nice, and get things done. We invest in our people and believe in hiring for high-potential and humble individuals who can rapidly grow their responsibilities as the company scales. Datavant is a distributed, remote-first team, and we empower Datavanters to shape their working environment in a way that suits their needs.

As Identity and Access Management (IAM) Engineer Architect, with our team you will be responsible for designing and implementing our IAM infrastructure, to ensure optimal performance, security, and scalability in a diverse hybrid environment accounting for compliance and accreditation needs.

You will be:

• Collaborate cross-functionally with teams and leaders to analyze business requirements, design solutions, and the implementation/maintenance of infrastructure and services.
• Vital in supporting our organization’s growth and technical environment advancement by being an expert in  IAM, governance, authentication, authorization, privileged access, credential management and security.
• Responsible areas are: identifying business needs/requirements, creating designs, developing proof of concepts, and testing of concept IAM solutions to production.
• You will partner with other IAM Engineers establishing overall standards, guidelines and practices.
• You will be a thought leader for IAM vision for architecture and environment.

What you will bring to the table: 

• Bachelor’s degree in a related area or equivalent experience
• Ten (10) years or more of experience in IAM architecture/engineering, with  demonstrated expertise in design architecture and implementation of building scalable and diverse systems.
• Enterprise level Knowledge of IAM tooling, modeling of infrastructure. Specifically to design, development and implementation in a complex hybrid environment.
• Expert knowledge of IAM-related areas of technology and understanding of IAM architecture in cloud and on prem including: Conditional Access Policies, Directories (Entra), IGA, MFA, OAuth, PAM tools, RBAC, SAML and SSO.
• Demonstrated ability to understand and translate business needs into long-term architecture solutions through research, recommendation and implementing solutions.
• A technical source of knowledge to continuously review, evaluate and improve systems/processes
• Expert knowledge of IAM compliance and audit. Knowledge of SOC2, NIST, ISO27001, and other IT security standards.
• Expertise relating to the design and development of information technology architectures across the organization
• Show expert-level troubleshooting capabilities. Ability to identify root causes and address through automated solutions. 
• Have effective communication and interpersonal skills, to communicate with management when issues happen. This also means ability to communicate technical information to technical and non-technical personnel in writing and verbally.
• Demonstrated ability to work with others from diverse backgrounds.
• Self-motivated and works independently and as part of a team. Demonstrates problem-solving skills. Able to learn effectively and meet deadlines.
• Work with team through SCRUM/Agile processes
• Excited about rapidly growing company, and able to juggle many projects and responsibilities
• Great communication, prioritization, and project management skills. 
• The ability to advocate for a position while maintaining a collaborative and open-minded approach

Bonus points if:

• Knowledge/Experience of working in a FedRamp approved environment
• Certification: Entra Architect – Professional or equivalent
• Professional Certified Information Systems Security
• Cyber Defense Certifications

We are committed to building a diverse team of Datavanters who are smart, nice, and get things done, where every Datavanter is empowered to bring their authentic self to their work. We are all responsible for stewarding a high-performance culture in which all Datavanters belong and thrive. We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.

Our compensation philosophy is to be externally competitive, internally fair, and not win or lose on compensation. We’re building a high-growth, high-autonomy culture. We rely less on job titles and more on cultivating an environment where anyone can contribute, the best ideas win, and personal growth is driven by expanding impact. This means we default to simple job titles (e.g., Software Engineer) rather than complex ones (e.g., Senior Software Engineer). The range posted is for a given job title, which can include multiple levels. Individual rates for the same job title may differ based on  level, responsibilities, skills, and experience for a specific job. The estimated salary range for this role is US: $180k-$220k or UK: £95k~£120k.

At the end of this application, you will find a set of voluntary demographic questions. If you choose to respond, your responses will be anonymous and used to help us identify areas of improvement in our recruitment process. (We can only see aggregate responses, not individual responses. In fact, we aren’t even able to see if you’ve responded or not.) Responding is your choice and it will not be used in any way in our hiring process.